Looking for a Cure

[Bensmama]

Has anyone found anything that has successfully desensitized their child from a severe food allergy, like nuts?

[Mashi]

There are studies being done at some of the larger hospitals in the US (John's Hopkins is one) where allergy specialists are working on a very slow, careful, highly supervised process to trial desensitisation to food allergies.  But this is in highly contolled, supervised medical environments where we are talking about minute trace amounts of the allergen being given and increased in miniscule amounts over time.  It's not something you can or should even consider doing at home.  If you live near any hospitals with a paediatric allergy center you could see if there is any such thing going on where they are looking for new patients? 

Many food allergies (ie/ milk, soy) are commonly outgrown  as children get older. BUt again, I would strongly advise against trying to desensitise a child against any food allergy as reactions can get worse over time.

[deb]

You can investigate programs like NAET. Some people swear by them. I don't know how confident I feel about the process, but I've not been in a position to need anything like that, so my research is far from comprehensive.

http://www.naet.com/

[scarlettsmom]

My friend's daughter, who is 10, is in the study at Johns Hopkins.  She is (was) severely allergic to milk.  The first few times they tried she had horrible reactions and had to be administered the epi-pen, steroids, etc.  However, the last I heard she is able to tolerate almost a teaspoon full and that is a HUGE step. 

As others mentioned, if you are interested in this check out your hospitals and do it under medical supervision. 

 

[We Three]

I can vouch for NAET.....if done properly it works!  Cleared up my dh's major issues with poison ivy (which he was so allergic to, he'd get it in the dead of winter from some microscopic amount left on some tool or mower in the garage)  Also cleared my niece of a sunflower allergy. It can take 5 or 6 sessions, but is non-invasive, completely painless and actually really amazing!

[Bensmama]

Thanks for the replies!  Has anyone heard of or tried Bioenergetic Intolerance Elimination? 

[deb]

Ah, a reason to Google something! LOL

Here's a thread on another forum about it: http://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?p=13125783

[Mashi]

I can vouch for NAET.....if done properly it works!  Cleared up my dh's major issues with poison ivy (which he was so allergic to, he'd get it in the dead of winter from some microscopic amount left on some tool or mower in the garage)  Also cleared my niece of a sunflower allergy. It can take 5 or 6 sessions, but is non-invasive, completely painless and actually really amazing!

I also had many of my environmental allergies "cured" by desensitization, which I am sure NAET must be, by the sounds of it.  However, environmental allergies are FAR different than food allergies. Rarely is pollen, ragweed, dog dander, etc deadly, but very often food allergies are. And, even food allergies that start out with a skin reaction can easily become deadly if the patient is continually exposed to them. So I would be vary wary of suggesting that because something works for environmental allergies that it is safe for food allergies. Even 20 years ago using desensitisation was commonplace for environmental allergies, but these studies to desensitise for food allergies are only starting to take place in the past couple of years and only really at some of the TOP hospitals where groundbreaking research is done.